Case Study: Evanston plans for wise use of water
…Study PDF Evanston, a city of 74,500 that sits along Lake Michigan north of Chicago, developed a Water Conservation and Efficiency Plan through a grant from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency…
Case Study: Highland Park water conservation heads in the right direction
… Highland Park Case Study PDF Highland Park is located on Lake Michigan about 25 miles north of Chicago. The city of about 29,000 provides water to over 10,000 residences and…
Students Ask Scientists: Video Chats
…be shared with 2−4 other schools. Feedback: Complete a post-program survey to provide feedback and help us assess the program’s impact. Logistics for SaS participating scientists Sign Up: Complete the…
Don’t “P” On Your Lawn
Helping Hands: Restoring Great Lakes Habitat
…Lakes communities where large scale environmental cleanup and restoration projects are taking place. These places are called Areas of Concern due to years of degradation and pollution. Through participation in…
Purdue student teams up with Odawa tribe to study lake whitefish
Master’s student Marissa Cubbage came to Purdue University to study the young life stages of fish in the Great Lakes. Arriving in West Lafayette in the summer of 2019, she…
In the news: EPA Releases First-Ever Baseline Study of U.S. Lakes
From the U.S. EPA: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released its most comprehensive study of the nation’s lakes to date. The draft study, which rated the condition of 56…
Research Q&A with Katey Strailey: How stream restoration structures affect fish
In this abbreviated interview, Research Coordinator Carolyn Foley and Communication Associate Sarah Gediman ask doctoral candidate Katey Strailey about her Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant-funded work. A researcher in the River and…
Discovery Grant research reveals that X-ray chemical turns toxic in disinfected drinking water
…a great example of how a Discovery Grant can open the door to new knowledge and provide a stepping stone to answer bigger questions. It’s also a story about how…